Economic improvement holds much greater promise for our communities than the Sisyphean economic development of the past.

What role does Cultural Capital play?

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Tim Mask is a Partner at @MarisWestBaker advertising agency in Jackson Mississippi, specializing in strategic brand planning and development. He organized the first TEDx event ever in Mississippi - which by all accounts has had an economic, cultural and marketable impact. The theme of TEDxJackson was “Fertile Ground” - a reference to all the potential that Mississippi holds.

Tim is the founder of the Mississippi Brain Drain Commission, with the shared goal of developing an environment conducive to retaining intellectual capital, boosting the local economy, and producing an increased quality of life for all residents.

Tim is also actively involved in the management and direction of @ffmississippi initiative (and its signature project, Kids Code Mississippi, http://www.kidscodems.org), @MSInnovationEco project, @CodeRockGuru, Project #JXN, Organizer @TEDxJackson, and is the founder of the Public Health Marketing Group.

This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx